India’s tax department says it will be working overtime for the next six weeks because election season is a great time to pick off tax cheats as the country’s black money comes out of the shadows to buy votes and prop up parties. Read More »

Indian households may be heaving a sigh of relief as the election regulator has put on hold a government plan to double the price of natural gas, but analysts warned that the move could damp investment sentiment. Read More »

Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the Aam Aadmi or Common Man Party, took a common man’s approach Friday in his attempt to meet Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India’s principal opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party: he door stepped him. Read More »

A U.S. State Department report is a scathing indictment of Indian officials at all levels of government, citing hundreds of examples in which the police, bureaucrats and security forces have frequently violated the rights of Indian citizens. Read More »

Narendra Modi says his singleness means he’s the right person to fight graft. How true is it that those freed from ties to home and hearth are also freed from the temptation to corrupt practices? We asked the experts. Read More »

India’s ruling Congress party-led coalition set itself a target of passing 39 bills in the last days of the current session of Parliament, a goal opposition parties are calling impossible for what is likely to become the least productive government in India’s history. Read More »

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